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Lenovo ThinkPad SL500 in Laptops

Verdict

Lenovo cuts the price, but not the quality of its ThinkPad laptops and the result is a simply stunning budget machine.

Review Date: 8 Jan 2009

Price when reviewed: £434 (£499 inc VAT)

Overall Rating
5 stars out of 6

PCPRO Recommended

Details
Part Code NRJAJUK
Review Date 8 Jan 2009
Price ex VAT £434
Price inc VAT £499
Overall rating 5 stars out of 6
Warranty
Warranty final 1 yr return to base
Physical specifications
Dimensions 328 x 260 x 42mm (WDH)
Weight 2.900kg
Processor and memory
Processor Intel Core 2 Duo T5670
RAM capacity 2.00GB
Memory type DDR2
Screen and video
Screen size 15.4in
Resolution screen horizontal 1,280
Resolution screen vertical 800
Resolution 1280 x 800
Graphics chipset Intel GMA X4500
VGA (D-SUB) outputs 1
HDMI outputs 1
S-Video outputs 0
DVI-I outputs 0
DVI-D outputs 0
DisplayPort outputs 0
Drives
Capacity 160GB
Optical disc technology DVD writer
Replacement battery price inc VAT £0
Networking
Wired adapter speed 1,000Mbits/sec
802.11a support yes
802.11b support yes
802.11g support yes
802.11 draft-n support yes
Integrated 3G adapter yes
Other Features
ExpressCard34 slots 0
ExpressCard54 slots 1
PC Card slots 0
USB ports (downstream) 4
FireWire ports 1
PS/2 mouse port no
9-pin serial ports 0
Parallel ports 0
Optical S/PDIF audio output ports 0
Electrical S/PDIF audio ports 0
3.5mm audio jacks 2
Pointing device type Touchpad, trackpoint
Integrated microphone? yes
Integrated webcam? yes
TPM yes
Fingerprint reader yes
Smartcard reader no
Operating system and software
OS family Windows Vista
Battery and performance tests
Battery life, light use 300
Battery life, heavy use 128
Overall application benchmark score 0.99
3D performance (crysis) low settings Fail
3D performance setting N/A
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